|
----- Google provide a way for you to
|
Livestock farm owner detained for animal abuse and possession of a machine gun
The Guardia Civil recently detained the owner of a livestock farm on Gran Canaria for alleged animal abuse, after they located several corpses of animals on his farm, goats thrown into a ditch, as well as several dogs suffering with open wounds. The detainee, who has a prior police record for similar crimes, was also in possession of an old machine gun, of some historical value, and so he has also been accused of illegal possession of weapons. The arrest took place on...
The new “Mogán Mall” in Puerto Rico to open Autumn 2019
The "Mogán mall" new shopping center is currently on course to open in the autumn of 2019 with 144 stores among them fashion stores and accessories, as well as beauty and catering businesses and a major new Hiperdino. With some €38 million invested by partners Fund Grube group, the company Canfoto and lead investor Amid Achi's group; the new "Mogán mall" will be an open air facility taking advantage of the extraordinary climate in the southern municipality. The plot where the old...
Hospital San Roque Maspalomas launches 24 hour Pediatric Emergency Service
The president of San Roque Hospitals, Mario Rodriguez, the corporate director of Development and Hospital San Roque Maspalomas manager Sebastian Sansó, last Friday presented the operational start of their new 24 hour pediatric emergency service. From Wednesday August 1, at 08:00 hours, the service was launched with public assistance coverage for all children between 0 and 14 years old, as part of the assistance agreement with the Canary Islands Health Service. The implementation of this...
Mountain fire brought under control between Cazadores and La Pasadilla
Emergency services of the Cabildo de Gran Canaria managed yesterday to bring a fire declared in morning, Thursday 2 August, in the Barranco del Moreno, under control in the mountain area of Cazadores - La Pasadilla, which in the end affected some 2.5 hectares of pasture land, scrub ground and fruit trees. The Cecopin Operations Centre for Insular Coordination received an alert from the CECOES 112 Emergency Services Coordination Centre at 7:23 on Thursday morning, at which time a fire...
Belgian tourist survives fall from 9th floor of Anfi del Mar
A man who fell from the ninth floor of the Anfi del mar timeshare hotel on Tuesday morning has miraculously survived. The 21 year old Belgian tourist, it seems, accidentally fell from his room in the tourism establishment and dropped 30 meters. In the first instance he was assisted by staff at the establishment who did not believe that, after such a hard impact, that he could still be conscious. Luckily the impact from his fall was lessened by his hitting the roof of a...
Masdunas plan to move 60,000 m3 of sand from Maspalomas to Playa del Inglés
The Cabildo de Gran Canaria has undertaken an ambitious plan for the environmental restoration of the Maspalomas dunes system, the first of its kind ever in the world undertaken on arid dunes, the objective is to avoid the gradual disappearance of the dunes by moving up to 60,000 cubic meters of sand and installing artificial collectors, among other measures. The Masdunas project has a budget of €1,155,000, the Cabildo aims to halt the continual loss of sand and to...
The Canary Guide Weekend Tips 3-5 August 2018
The long hot August is here and as it's also the first weekend of the month, a busy summer weekend ahead with a bundle of events happening all around the island. Not even going to comment about the weather ....but it's looking marvelous as ever. Friday 3 August, Arguineguín, Mogán Noche de Vinos What better way to spend your Friday night than with good company, some wine and music. The Night of Wines and Tapas will have the participation of wineries of Gran Canaria,...
Bodegas Tunte obtains two more Gold and a Silver Medal at the World Extreme Wine Competition in Italy
Multi-award winning local wine brand Bodegas Tunte have obtained three more awards of real merit, this time at the World Extreme Wine Competition held in Italy, with two Gold Medals for their exquisite Oro Blanco and sweet Valara wines and a Silver medal for their highly acclaimed Berode. This oenological contest is reserved only for wines produced in mountain regions or from so-called heroic crops, that is, those grown on terraces or terrains with a more than 30 percent incline, an altitude...
Newsbrief: Suspected Gran Canaria fake holiday homes ad swindler arrested
Guardia Civil in Puerto Rico (Mogán), on the south west of Gran Canaria, together with the Territorial Teams of the Judicial Police of Puerto Rico and Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura), have arrested a 28-year-old woman, with prior history of crimes against property, as the alleged perpetrator of a scam using fake ads for holiday houses on the internet. The detention came after a complaint was lodged back in February by an injured party who reported that, after having seen an advertisement...
Cabildo de Gran Canaria to invest €600,000 in Mogán tourist infrastructures
The Cabildo de Gran Canaria are to invest €600,000 in the rehabilitation and modernisation of tourist infrastructures in Mogán, after signing an agreement with the tourist municipality that includes the execution of five major projects in Playa de Mogán, Patalavaca, Puerto Rico and the Mirador de El Mulato, reports the Cabildo de Gran Canaria's Minister of Tourism, Inés Jiménez. The objective is to increase the quality of services that the island offers tourists through the renovation,...
